Care Certificate
Course Content
- Introduction to the Care Certificate Course
- Standard 1 - Understand Your Role
- Standard 2 - Your Personal Development
- Standard 3 - Duty of Care
- Introduction to the Duty of Care Standard
- Addressing dilemmas within your duty of care
- Duty of care
- Recognising and handling comments, complaints and incidents
- Managing conflict and difficult situations
- How to deal with comments and complaints
- Supporting independence
- Incidents, Errors and Near Misses
- Standard 4 - Equality and Diversity
- Introduction to the standard on Equality and Diversity
- About equality and diversity
- The purpose of the Equality Act 2010
- Types of discrimination
- Protected characteristics
- Explaining equal opportunities
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- Prejudice
- Diversity and discrimination
- What to do if you suffer from discrimination
- The Code of Conduct
- Reducing the Likelihood of Discrimination in Care
- Information, advice and support
- Standard 5 - Working in a Person Centred Way
- Introduction to working in a person-centred way
- Working in partnership with others
- Record keeping in care
- The Care Plan
- The importance of finding out the history, preferences, wishes and needs of the individual
- Minimising environmental factors that may cause discomfort or distress
- Person centred values in practice
- Supporting individuals to minimise pain or discomfort
- Communication and Person Centred Care
- Working to promote person centred values
- Supporting individuals to plan for their future wellbeing and fulfilment, including end-of-life care
- Encouraging Person Centred Care
- Standard 6 - Communication
- Introduction to the Communication Standard
- Effective communication in the work setting
- Language and other needs in communication
- Verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Communication
- Identifying A Complaint
- Dealing with aggression
- Defusing potentially dangerous situations
- Recognising danger signs
- Confidentiality in Care
- Standard 7 - Privacy and Dignity
- Standard 8 - Fluids and Nutrition
- Introduction to the Fluids and Nutrition Standard
- High risk groups of people for food safety
- Cross-contamination direct and indirect
- Preventing cross-contamination
- The importance of nutrition
- Guidelines for a healthy diet
- Hydration In the Elderly
- Hydration In the Elderly
- Fluids and Hydration
- Nutrition and the elderly
- Malnutrition
- Diets for people with dementia
- Standard 9 - Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities
- Introduction to standard on mental health, dementia and learning disabilities
- What is Dementia?
- Classifications of Dementia
- Early diagnosis of Dementia and reporting
- Risk factors affecting the chance of developing dementia
- Helping people with Dementia
- Things that can help people with Dementia
- Things that help the carer
- Diet, meals and Dementia
- A Healthy Body
- The Social Model of Disability
- Communication and Dementia
- The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006
- The Human Rights Act 1998
- Discriminatory Abuse and the Equality Act
- Mental health conditions
- MCA Assessment Criteria
- MCA Assessment
- What is mental capacity
- Where to get help
- Learning Disabilities
- Standard 10 - Safeguarding Adults
- Adult Safeguarding Standard Introduction
- What is SOVA?
- CQC or Care Quality Commission
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997
- The Sexual Offences Act 2003
- The Mental Capacity Act 2005
- The Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards principles
- Facts And Information About Abuse
- Who Is A Vulnerable Adult?
- Vulnerable adults and the risk of harm
- Abuse and its Indicators
- Physical Abuse
- Psychological Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Financial Abuse
- Neglect Self Neglect and The Act Of Omission
- Organisational abuse and Discriminatory Abuse
- Consent
- Disclosure
- The importance of individualised person-centred care to ensure an individuals safety
- Responding to suspected or disclosed abuse
- Managing risk and Multi-agency safeguarding of adults
- Reporting abuse
- Whistleblowing
- How to Whistleblow
- Serious case reviews and sources of advice and information
- Standard 11 - Safeguarding Children
- Child Protection standard introduction
- Legislation relating to Safeguarding Children
- The Acts and Safeguarding Children
- Serious Organised Crime and police Act 2005
- What is Child Abuse?
- Emotional abuse
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Other types of child abuse
- Every Child Matters
- The rights of a child
- Neglect and the act of omission
- Radicalisation
- Working with others
- Key supporting information
- What children want from Professionals
- Protecting yourself against allegations
- Reporting child abuse
- Scottish Legislation in Care
- The Key Role of KCSIE in Child Protection in the UK
- Standard 12 - Basic Life Support
- Introduction to Basic Life Support standard
- Fears of First Aid
- Asking permission and consent to help
- Calling the Emergency Services
- Chain of Survival
- DR ABC and the ABCD'S
- Initial Assessment and Recovery Position
- Using gloves
- Adult CPR Introduction
- Adult CPR
- CPR Hand Over
- Compressions Only CPR
- Child CPR
- Child CPR Breakdown
- Infant CPR
- Drowning
- AED Introduction
- Types of AED Units
- Adult Choking
- Choking in children
- Infant Choking
- Standard 13 - Health and Safety
- Introduction to the Health and Safety standard
- Health and safety tasks that should only be carried out after special training
- Importance of Health and Safety
- What causes accidents?
- When an Accident Happens
- Accidents and sudden illness
- Health and Safety Law
- Manual handling Employee and Employer responsibility
- Workplace and personal Safety
- The Accident Triangle
- Why prevention is important and what can be done
- The 5 stages of the Risk Assessment
- What is a hazard
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Working safely and securely
- Hazardous substances in your workplace
- COSHH Regulations
- Employee Duties Under COSHH
- The Fire Triangle
- Calling the Fire Service
- Evacuating in an Emergency
- Care Home Evacuation
- Good Housekeeping
- Electrical Hazards
- Managing stress
- Medication and healthcare activities and tasks
- Why Manual Handling is Important
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- How and Why We Lift Correctly
- Before we start moving and assisting people
- LOLER and PUWER Regulations
- Other Relevant Acts
- Ability Test
- Assisted standing from a bed or seat
- Assisted Sit to Stand
- Fall Prevention
- Assisting Fallen Person
- Walking Frames
- Wheelchairs
- Standard 14 - Handling Information
- Handling information standard Introduction
- Handling information in health and social care
- GDPR Compliance
- Data Subject and Personal Data under GDPR
- The Information Commissioner's Office
- The Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Who holds personal information
- Public authorities and Freedom Of Information
- Record Keeping, Management and Responsibilities
- Reporting concerns
- Privacy Principles under GDPR
- Does GDPR apply to me
- The right to be informed
- Lawful, Fairness and Transparency
- Purpose limitation
- Data minimisation
- Data accuracy
- Storage limitation
- Data Security
- Accountability
- Standard 15 - Infection Prevention and Control
- Introduction to Infection Control
- What are Blood Borne Pathogens?
- Infection Control Legislation
- Who is at risk?
- Types of Infections
- Skin Diseases
- The Chain of infection
- First Aid and Infection Control
- Contaminated objects
- Contaminated Linen
- Cross Infection
- Example of indirect cross contamination
- How to Reduce Your Risk
- Surface Cleaning
- Hazardous products and sharps disposal
- Hand hygiene policy
- Using gloves
- Hand Washing
- Disposable Aprons
- Waterless hand gels
- Protecting Vulnerable People
- Summary and what's next
Supporting active participation
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Active participation is a way of working that supports an individual’s right to participate in the activities and relationships of everyday life as independently as possible. The individual is an active partner in their own care or support rather than being passive. The individual is the expert who knows best the way of life that matters to them and the worker listens and takes this into account at all times. For example, when it is a birthday or a special occasion, asking an individual if and how they would like to celebrate rather than making assumptions or telling others about the occasion without their permission. Taking control of their care and support helps an individual build their identity and self-esteem. You should also keep equality and diversity in mind, giving every individual an equal opportunity of achieving their goals, valuing their diversity, and finding solutions that work for them. The ability to have control and care for oneself contributes to privacy and dignity. Skills for Care and Skills for Health have developed the Common Core Principles for Self-Care. The purpose of the principles is to enable all those who work in health and social care to make personalised services a reality. They put people at the centre of the planning process and recognise that they are best placed to understand their own needs and how to meet them. When working in health or social care you need to be positive, open-minded and show respect for other people’s attitudes and beliefs, especially when they differ from your own. Your job is to care for the physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of an individual and allow them, as far as possible, to live their life the way they choose or to get back to the best health possible to allow them to do this. Prejudice and stereotyping have no place in health or social care and should always be challenged. Reflecting on your own attitudes and beliefs is crucial to making sure that you do not allow them to affect your quality of work. There will be times when you face problems about how you can provide the best care and support and need to ask advice from others. It is important that you share any concerns about privacy or dignity with your manager and always follow your agreed ways of working.
Active Participation and Personalised Care in Health and Social Care
Active participation is a crucial approach in health and social care, emphasizing the individual's right to be actively involved in their own care. This method supports independence, self-esteem, and personal identity in care and support services.
Principles of Active Participation
Active participation involves treating the individual as an active partner in their care, respecting their expertise and preferences in every aspect of their life.
Empowering Individual Decision Making
For instance, involving individuals in decisions about celebrations and respecting their choices helps in building their self-esteem and identity.
Equality, Diversity, and Personalised Solutions
Ensuring equality and valuing diversity are integral to active participation. This involves providing equal opportunities for all and tailoring solutions to individual needs.
Common Core Principles for Self Care
Skills for Care and Skills for Health have developed principles to facilitate personalised services, putting people at the centre of their care planning.
Respect and Open-mindedness in Care
Care workers should maintain a positive, open-minded attitude, respecting different attitudes and beliefs, and focusing on the overall well-being of individuals.
Challenging Prejudice and Stereotyping
It is vital to reflect on personal attitudes and beliefs to ensure they do not negatively impact care quality. Prejudice and stereotyping have no place in health and social care.
Addressing Privacy and Dignity Concerns
Addressing any concerns regarding privacy or dignity with a manager is important. Adherence to agreed ways of working ensures the provision of the best possible care and support.
By embracing active participation and personalised care approaches, health and social care workers can significantly enhance the quality of life and autonomy of those they support.